thrush

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

   I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.

2. 2
   noun

   A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.

   Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.

3. 3
   noun

   songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

4. 4
   noun

   a woman who sings popular songs

Common collocations

• song thrush Noun + noun

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

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